Sheet-wrapped package and opener



Uct. l0, 1933. 1 H mlLL'HoLLAND 1,929,599

SHEET WRAPPED PACKAGE AND OPENER Filed July 7, 1931 Inventor MMM A ttorneys 4Q tion or" the wrapperamas oa. ilo, ses c This invention relatesparticularly to the .pack-v aging jofl rolled articles such as frugs,.in which a sealed wrapping'sheet islen1ployed-*requiringv lengthwisevcutting to enable'aceess to. the enclosed article; .and it consistsVprimarily in advantageously embodyingin such sealed packag-v inganopening deVicefadaptedto conveniently and safely effect vsuol/1 requiredcutting of the wrapper, and secondari-ly inthe novel construction of thecutting ,devices provided therefor, as Y fully lset forth in connectionwith the accompany-y ing drawing and clearlydeiined inthe.subloinedfclaims. 1 l A Fig. 1 illustrates myinvention in connection 5with arolled rug packaging, lthe cutting .device in preferred .formbeing shown as engaged inthe slitted wrapping, and being exposed for'operation by removal of the indicated covering.; label shownpartiallyrindotted lines.

Fig. 2 comprises separate-plan andledge' views'V or the flat-formedcutter vdevice shown in'Figjl; the stop offsets being indicated'Y asformedr by bentfup stampingswfrom the sheet-metal material employed,andthe upward-bendinglofv a handleA portion for operative jusebeingfinldicatedby' Fig. 3 indicates aV simple {modification oi VtheA cutterdevice Yconstruction in ywhichtheessential vfeatures are provided by.reduiredbendings of a". wire instead of bysheet-metal stampings asparor less substantial wrappersheet b `foldedvar :ounfd it and havingits outer edgejportion b secured to sealing strip c indicated beingcommonly ern ployedl to eectively seal and cover said edge por' It iswell known packaging it is required `that the wrappingl be cutlengthwise soA as tov relea'se'the sheet b for unfolding of itirom thepackaged article; and

that lackoi careandvreasonable skill in doing this, incurs danger ofinjuring the latter, as well Vas lack oi neatness and loss oi time.

.'Io provide for avoiding, such danger of injuryY to the packagedarticle, and such objectionable 5o untidinessr and Waste, my inventionprovidesfpriwrapper may be safely eiected'neatly and quickf 15.515'.

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that in orderto` opensuchV 'To-this end I employ a simple integrallyformed opening device, having a normally ilat body por'- tion 10adaptedto closely contactwith .and readily vslide upon Athe surface ofthe wrapping, but` which is xedly engaged-with the latter in Ade-``terrnined v position upon vtheV package, by means oi awcutting-arm 1lforming a lateral extension c e fromA the edgey of said body portion 10gysaid arm being engagedin a 'slit 12in the packagewrap,- pingso Yas `tonormally hold thedevice in determined position on fthe sealed packagebothVV lat-. erallyv and longitudinally of the latter.; As' ,j

shown,fthis-engaging slot l2 is .most satisfactorily made 'in thesealing strip C which provides*r a covering forthe edge portion b oiVthejrnain wrapping sheet b, so that the cutting arm 11 may'v bevinserted under` said vedge portic'nwith the body 1G ofthe deviceextending along one side of the .latter and lyingV close to the surfaceof the package; whereby longitudinal sliding vmove ment ofthe device` onthe latter, will cause kthe cutting arm 11 to` release the wrapping bysevering said strip C. V'To facilitate the effecting of. such cuttingmovement, Vtheend portionor portions 16a of body 10 ofthe device, isadapted'to be readily bent-up so as toiormga convenient handle; andformost satisfactorily securing and covering the devicev I paste vthereover`aiflaoel.r overlay whichmay bear printed instructions 'suchf as: toopen,.bend up handle and pull. 'I he cutting arm 11 is shown asreversely hookshaped, so as to provide for cutting movement` Y in eitherlongitudinal direction as well as for more secure engagement in thelimited-slit l2; the body portion 1G being likewise provided' withreverseiy-v extending "handle rends 16a so t. that the device theunderlying convo'iution oi thev wrapper; the` may be embodied in thepackaging `at any desiredv point in its length, and be cuttingly ,slid l`to maintain the cutting arm in determined underlying relationrto saidedge portion.V y I Such guiding. oifsets are readily-provided bydesiredly bending or forming of the .cutter-device material., Asparticularly illustrated, the device is integrally made lfromAsheet-metaLin the form of a simple `flat stamping eicepting as to theprovision of the stop-offsets-IS referred to, which 'latter may be mostconveniently'provided by upwardly-pressed points as indicated in Fig. 2.It will bereadilyseen that essentially the same device may be veryreadily formeel from a single length of Wire as indicated in the modiedshowing of Fig. 3, in which the laterally projecting cutter-arm 1la isindicated as similarly shaped' and With the cutting edges sharpened byeffecting a slight change in the cross-section of the wire. Othermodifications in the specic con- 'struction of thecutting device, andits application to particular packagings, may be made Without departingfrom the invention as denedin the claims. Y

What I claim is:

1.- In combination with a Wrapped package; an opening device securedtosaid package by ,the Wrapper and having a handle slidable upon theexterior surface of the` wrapper and an edgevvise extending cutterengaged in a slit in the Wrapper.

2. An opening device for package wrappings comprising a handle having acutter extending laterally from a longitudinal edge thereof and providedwith a cutting edge inclined forwardly with respect to said handle edge.

3. An opening device for package Wrappings comprising a handle having acutter extending from an edge thereof. for engagement in a slit in aWrapping and provided With cutting-edges divergently inclined beyondsaid handle edge.

an article enclosed Within a wrapper having a slit therein; an openingdevice therefor comprising a handle slidable exteriorally of saidwrapper in alignment with said slit, and a cutter extending edgevvisefrom said handle and engaged in said slit and provided with a cuttingedge disposed beneath said Wrapper and inclined in the direction ofmovement of said handle.

5. In combination with a package ycomprising an article enclosed Withina wrapper having a slit intermediate certain edges thereof; anopenhandle and engaged in said slit and provided With cutting edgesdivergently inclined beyond said handle edge Withthe ends thereof whichare remote from said edge disposed beneath said Wrapper, whereby slidingof said handle in either o direction effects cutting of said Wrapperalong said line.

6. An opening device for sheet-Wrapped packagings, having a body portionformed with an edgewise cutter-extension laterally engageable in a slitof the Wrapping and having an' offset for Ace limiting such lateralengaging movement of said cutter extension. A 1

7. An integrally formed sheet-metal opening' device for sheet-Wrappedpackages having. a normally nat handle portion with an edgewise cuttingextension and a stop onset adjacent the junction of said extension andhandle portion.

8.- An opening device for sheet-Wrapped packages formed from a singlelengthgof Wirel bent to provide a flat handle portion andra` laterallyextending cutter operatively engageable in a slit of the packaging.

9. A sealed package consisting of la rolled article enclosed by awrapper having an overlapping longitudinal edge-portion extending in asubstantially flat plane; and an opening device comprising a handle Witha cutter extending therefrom and engaged in a slit in said WrapperV andmovable longitudinally of said package to cut thewrapper portionoverlapping the body thereof and secured thereto by a sealing strip; anopening device comprising a'handleV slidable upon the Wrapper; andan'edgeWise-extending cutter on said handle engaged in a slit'in saidsealing strip and lying between the body of said Wrapper andthe said feverlapping end-portion thereof. Y Y Ll.v In combination with a packagecomprising il. In combination Witha sheet-wrapped package; an openingdevice having a normally flat, bend'able handle portion and an edgewisecutterextension engageable ina slit in the Wrapper and operative bylongitudinal sliding movement'of the device along the Wrapper; and asealing label covering said slit and device and holding said bendablehandle portion fiat against the Wrapper.

12. In combination with a package comprising an article enclosed Withina wrapper having an end-'edge secured tothe body thereof; an openingdevice comprising a handle slidable upon said Wrapper; a cutterextending from said handle and laterally engaged ina'slit in saidwrapper; and an icc offset on said cutterrengaging said end-edge ofv Y

